| isolation and antibody prevalence of a parapoxvirus in wild japanese serows (capricornis crispus). | an epizootic suspected to be caused by parapoxviruses occurred in winter, 1984-85, among wild japanese serows (capricornis crispus) with nodular or papular lesions in gifu prefecture, japan. virus isolations were attempted on 30 animals using bovine fetal testicle cell cultures. viral agents growing with cytopathic effects were isolated from six animals. the agents were identified as parapoxvirus from electron microscopic findings and physico-chemical characteristics. antibody prevalence to the ... | 1993 | 8394942 |